Brit Ahm Messianic Synagogue 6700 Spanish Trail, Pensacola, FL 32504

"Not a member but a wonderful Synagogue and Rabbi. Rabbi is very intelligent, and a great communicator. Certain non-Messianic Synagogues could learn from them. No, I'm not a Messianic Jew..."

"I just want to say thanks for disturbing the peace of the neighborhood with your unnecessarily loud music on the 24th of March for your dumb festival. have some respect for your neighbors."

"I had very high hopes that this would be a house of God and a suitable "home". I enjoyed the message. I enjoyed the the people I spoke with. And I enjoyed the fact that they eat meals with one another. I called and spoke with a lovely woman, whom I asked many questions of. I asked her what to expect in the service. I asked about their child care. I asked about what the older children would be doing, ect ect as any parent and new visitor would do. Then came our visit. Everyone sits at round tables for breakfast enjoying time with one another. Questions with Rabbi was next. Which consists of person's raising hands while others are still speaking in order to be chosen next. (I personally felt it quite rude to have your hand raised while others were still talking, but hey, lots of different people is always going to include some that you disagree with.) Once in the synagogue, I was confused by the flags of both the United States and Isreal on the podium on either side of the case in which holds their holy writings. Effectively focal points in their place of worship. I was willing to accept that as simply a sign of respect. The music was lovely, the children reciting their memorized versus was enchanting, and seeing traditions that Ive not witnessed before was beautiful. The message was spot on, and then everyone shared lunch together. I was able to ask many questions of Rabbi Johnathan outside as the children fellowshipped with young ones. I checked out a book from their library, was planning to come back for bible study, and hopefully another Shabbat service. It was fair in my experience. My opinion changed, however, when my middle school child expressed how they were asked to recite the pledge of allegiance.. While I appreciate the freedoms we enjoy in this country, and I always take the time to tell a veteran or active military member thank you for their time served, I'm a firm believer that while Im in the world, I'm called to not be a part of it. I also believe that while I should pay ceasars things to ceasar, im also called to pay gods things to god. And my allegiance, along with the allegiance of my children, will be to our god alone. I called and spoke to Rabbi Eric about my questions concerning the flags on the stage next to their holy items. He claimed they were simply decorations. That they keep the US flag because they are citizens of the US, and the Isreali flag because they love Isreal. I then asked why they made the children recite the pledge of allegiance, but didnt request the same of the adults. He claimed he knows not what the children do in the childrens class. But he said he was sure that they were not MADE (emphasis his) to do anything. I stated that the children being taken to another space and being asked to perform the pledge of allegiance while at synogogue, where I brought my children to learn about Go, seemed more like teaching them to worship an Idol and not God. He claimed that its not idolatry, and that my children were not TAKEN (emphasis his) to another room, they willingly went. He is (obviously) interested in twisting by semantics. He then asked unrelated questions, "the screen with the lyrics and scriptures was above the scrolls, does that mean we worship the screen?" "You brought the kids to a kids class, not everything we do at synogogue is about god. Do you think the kids were worshipping when they were playing outside?" The truth is this, I bring my family to a place supposedly dedicated to the worship of the most high, and I expect that we have a moment to step away from the world. But thats not what you get here.. And Eric even made sure to inform me that his synogogue was not going to be our home. Hopefully yall dont waste your time thinking it will be yours either."

"Great Messianic Synagogue to attend. The praise & worship was great, and the sermon by Rabbi Eric was awesome. The members were kind to me and made me feel very welcomed. I really enjoyed their Torah studies during the week. I will definitely visit again and I highly recommend it."

"It's a wonderful synagogue where both ethnic jews and non-jewish people go to worship Gd, and recognize Yshua as the promised messiah as foretold by the prophets in the Tanakh. Torah observant, and super friendly. Rabbi grew up in an orthodox family from NY whose family had holocaust survivors, and has an incredible testimony."